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- Title
Reflexivity and the Construction of Competing Discourses of Masculinity in a Female-Dominated Profession.
- Authors
Adamson, Maria
- Abstract
This paper contributes to the debates on reflexivity and change by extending our understanding of (non-)reflexivity mechanisms in the discursive constructions of gender. Specifically, I explore how and why women persistently construct contradictory discursive accounts of men and masculinity in a female-dominated profession of counselling psychology in Russia. Drawing on the concept of 'interpretative repertoires' I argue that female counsellors construct different kinds of masculinities based on three 'repertoires': psycho-biological, structural and relational. I demonstrate how these constructions of masculinity are imbued with different meanings and are used to explain only certain contexts, which precludes women's ability to reflect on their contradictory nature. I conclude by discussing how an exploration of discursive (non-)reflexivity extends our understanding of the conditions for gender transformations.
- Subjects
RUSSIA; MASCULINITY; GENDER differences (Psychology); PROFESSIONS; COUNSELING
- Publication
Gender, Work & Organization, 2014, Vol 21, Issue 6, p559
- ISSN
0968-6673
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/gwao.12058